Puddle Jumper 2

First Trick or Treating

 

With Jack's perfectly sized handcrafted and personalized treat bag in hand (thanks Sarah!), we took Jack out for his first attempt at trick-or-treating. He was a little wary of it all at first, but soon got the hang of walking up and getting a piece of candy to put in his bag.


We headed to Fair Oaks street again this year which is closed to traffic each Halloween night. The houses are all creatively decked out, people hang out on their steps to welcome the throngs of kids, and there's even a "Fear Oaks" haunted house and Thriller dance off to benefit a local musical youth theatre company.

Jack was a cow this year as you've seen in previous blog posts. He's still young enough that we can choose his costume with no fuss so we intentionally chose a cow -- which are sacred and revered in the Hindu tradition -- and Tom and I wore our beautiful Indian clothes again that we wore at friend's wedding when we travelled to India a couple of years ago.

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Here's Jack in action, battling the crowd to get at a piece of candy, and then a very cool video of shadow puppets and animation that someone projected in their window.

Go Giants!

San Francisco won the World Series tonight, 3-1 over the Texas Rangers! There are news helicopters hovering above, people honking their horns, fireworks, and the sounds of ambulances all at once outside our window -- and Jack's sleeping through it all.

Puddle Jumper

Goodbye Indian Summer, here comes Winter with its wet weather. It rained for the first time in months this past weekend which gave Jack a new toy to play with - puddles! Here he is outfitted with his new rain coat and boots for this first occasion of many this season.

Happy Halloween



We have a wonderful nanny, Sarah, who helped Jack wish you all a Happy Halloween.
"Witch hands" are actual (Jack) sized!
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Sarah also crafted Jack's Halloween bag for his first treats this year.

Happy Halloween!

Let the Halloween Festivities Continue

We had some more Halloween fun last weekend at an annual event sponsored by the Golden Gate Mother's Group and held at a local playground.

CLICK HERE  for pictures. And click on the video to watch Jack choose a pumpkin to decorate, play with bubbles, balls, rings, parachutes, and more.



This weekend, we visited the San Francisco Zoo for their annual Boo at the Zoo event. It was a soggy day, but we had fun watching the grizzlies feast on Halloween treats, posing as peacocks, and exploring the grounds until naptime.

CLICK HERE for more pictures of our trip to the Zoo.

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